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Forensic police in Malaysia exhume migrant corpses buried along the Thai border

Malaysian forensic teams are involved in the macabre task of exhuming the bodies of hundreds of migrants found at 140 grave sites and abandoned

World News

Troubled waters: the South China Sea dispute

With the world distracted by seemingly more immediate stories of war, migration and elections, a spat between the US and China wasn’t exactly

Malaysia

Malaysian forensic officers examine remains of migrants found along Thai border

Police forensic teams in Malaysia are at work to identify whether the remains uncovered at 139 grave sites and 28 abandoned camps are Bangladeshi or

Malaysia

Malaysian police find 139 mass graves near Thai border

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Malaysia

Dozens of suspected migrant graves found near Malaysia-Thailand border, police reveal

Malaysian police have revealed that 140 graves, believed to contain the remains of migrants, have been found near the country’s border with Thailand

World News

Malaysia and Indonesia offer shelter to 7,000 'boat people'

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants at sea but that is the limit. They said it is on the

Sport

Badminton bad boy back on court

Lee Chong Wei, former badminton world number one, is set to return to the court after being handed a eight-month backdated ban by the Badminton World

Malaysia

Dutch-led team to investigate last unexamined area of downed MH17 flight

A team of investigators has gained access to the area where the last unexamined wreckage of the downed Malaysian Airlines MH17 lies. The team hope to

Malaysia

Senior officials killed in Malaysia helicopter crash

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s chief of staff as well as a former ambassador to the United States were among six people killed in a

Indonesia

MH17 crash: Video appeal launched for BUK rocket witnesses

A video appeal has been launched for witnesses who may have seen the transport or firing of a Russian-made rocket at Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

Sport

Malaysian Grand Prix: Vettel strikes back

Welcome back to Speed, our programme dedicated to the world of motorsport. Germany’s Sebastian Vettel stunned world champion Lewis Hamilton on

Malaysia

Malaysia Airlines: Dead battery 'did not hinder' MH370 search

A day after a government interim report into the flight's disappearance, there has been more criticism of the response of the airline and the authorities into the mystery.

World News

MH370: One year on but still no answers

One year since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, the search for the Boeing 777 continues. The flight vanished from radar screens shortly

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Search for MH370 "can't go on forever" says Australia PM

Almost one year after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has hinted that search efforts will

Malaysia

Malaysia: 'Overwhelming evidence' sees Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy conviction upheld

Malaysia's top court maintains the main opposition leader is guilty of sodomy and upholds a five-year sentence.

World News

Malaysia declares flight MH370 crash an "accident"

The crash that caused the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has officially been declared an accident. The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared on

Indonesia

'Big objects' found in search for wreck of AirAsia passenger jet

They have recovered at least 30 bodies. And now Indonesian search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have located two

Philippines

Dozens die as Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines battered by heavy rains

Floods and mudslides force thousands to evacuate across southeast Asia

Indonesia

Sonar images appear to show crashed AirAsia plane on the seabed, as search resumes for victims

Searchers in Indonesia say they have obtained sonar images of what appears to be the main fuselage of the crashed AirAsia plane

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Dozens die as Tropical Storm Jangmi sweeps across south east Asia

Dozens killed in heavy rains and flash floods across parts of the Philippines, Malaysia and southern Thailand.